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Also ahead, Donald Trumps hush money trial resumes today in new york city. Well have a preview of what could be the final week in court. Plus, well have some of the highlights from president bidens Commencement Speech at Morehouse College where he attempted to thread the needle on several issues connected to his reelection campaign. Good morning and welcome to Way Too Early on this monday, may 20th. Im jonathan lemire. Thanks for starting your day and week with us, and we will begin with significant breaking news. Iran state media is reporting that the nations president and Foreign Minister have died in a Helicopter Crash. Search teams arrived at the site of what was originally called a hard landing, and they found no sign of life. According to a news outlet affiliated with the iranian government, seven other officials were on board the aircraft at the time of the accident. The Associated Press cites Iranian State tv is giving no immediate cause for the crash, although, weather could b
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News out of iran where state media has confirmed the death of president Ebrahim Raisi on the countrys Foreign Minister after a Helicopter Crash, the bodies of those killed in the crash will be transported to a staging area in the city of Tabriz Iranian official say the helicopter with nine people on board ran into trouble amid heavy fog on sunday afternoon. What images of the crash site in irans East Azerbaijan province show the remote mountainous area where the aircraft went down, search teams found no survivors the president , another officials have been attending a ceremony for the opening of a new dam near the border with azerbaijan, rescues faced difficult Weather Conditions overnight including cold and heavy fog as they scrambled to locate the crash sayyed, well, iranians were urged to pray for the president before word of his death with the countrys Supreme Leader vowing, there will be no disruption in irans well, lets start with four handcuffs. Is following developments and joi
Dozens of people are involved in the search. But bad weather is reported to be hampering their efforts. It happened in the far north of iran, near the city of tabriz, close to the border with azerbaijan. President raisi, seen here on the left, had been visiting a dam project. This is thought to be footage of him earlier in the day, travelling in a convoy of three helicopters. First reports that something had gone wrong were announced on state tv. Translation there are unconfirmed reports of an incident involving the helicopter carrying the president in thejolfa region. Initial reports cite a hard landing for the helicopter carrying the president. President raisi, considered a hardliner, is the second most powerfulfigure in iran and has been regarded as a possible successor to the Supreme Leader, ali khamenei. There is no word yet on any casualties today, but across iran, there have been prayers for the president s safety. Jon donnison, bbc news. And i want to take you to the live pictu